PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli attacks killed two Palestinians and wounded 12 on Sunday as Gaza grappled with flooding that affected around 350,000 displaced people.

Key Takeaways

• An Israeli strike on civilians in Al-Mawasi killed two Palestinians, including a woman, and wounded seven. Separate attacks wounded five others.
• Gaza’s Government Media Office said the storm flooded around 70,000 tents in 12 hours, affecting about 350,000 displaced Palestinians.
• Flooding halted work at Al-Shifa Medical Complex’s emergency department for around four hours, while shortages of fuel and equipment limited rescue efforts.

Two Killed in Israeli Attacks as Gaza Flooding Shuts Al-Shifa Hospital for Hours

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Maariv warned of a possible Capitol-style breach at Tuesday’s Knesset swearing-in as Likud reportedly prepared to challenge Israel’s election results.

Key Developments

Maariv reported that right-wing activists discussed blocking lawmakers from entering the Knesset on Tuesday and warned of a possible breach.

Channel 12 said Likud was preparing a court challenge over allegations about apps used to mobilize Arab voters.

Herzog gave Eisenkot 28 days to form a government.

Eisenkot invited Likud and Religious Zionism to join and left open the possibility of Arab party support.

‘Capitol Scenario’: Maariv Warns of Knesset Breach as Likud Prepares Election Challenge

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran’s foreign minister kept a two-day Hormuz proposal open Sunday and warned Washington of retaliation if it chose renewed war.

Key Developments

• Abbas Araghchi said Iran’s two-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remained on the table and called for an end to the war on all fronts.
• Araghchi said mediators had made no new moves in recent days, linking the pause to the fallout from the US midterm elections.
• Iran’s Revolutionary Guards dismissed the US ‘Iron Gate’ maritime plan and said Iranian forces would respond to attacks on the country’s interests.

‘Unbearable Hell’: Araghchi Warns US as Guards Dismiss US ‘Iron Gate’ Plan

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Ansarallah announced operations against Saudi oil and aviation facilities in response to strikes on a crowded market and residential homes.

Key Developments

• Ansarallah said it targeted Aramco’s distillation tower in Riyadh on Saturday and struck its Abqaiq facility and Riyadh’s international airport on Sunday.
• Saudi Arabia reported minor damage to an Aramco office in Riyadh and no casualties there.
• Sanaa’s Health Ministry reported 27 killed and 36 wounded in Bani Hushaysh, where Civil Defense said follow-up strikes hit rescuers.
• Iran called attacks on civilians and infrastructure in Yemen a war crime.

Ansarallah Strikes Aramco Tower and Riyadh Airport After Saudi Attacks on Civilians

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Israeli reserve general Yitzhak Brik warned that renewed US airstrikes on Iran could draw Israel into a wider regional war.

Key Takeaways

• Writing in Maariv, Yitzhak Brik warned that another US attack on Iran would likely draw in Israel and could escalate into a full-scale regional war.
• Brik argued that airstrikes alone could neither bring down Iran’s government nor stop its nuclear program, and warned that Trump’s desire for revenge could drive him toward escalation.
• He outlined two alternatives: a ground invasion that would inflict heavy US losses, or a prolonged international blockade that he said had a lower chance of success.

‘Enormous, Unbearable’: Brik Warns US Strike on Iran Could Devastate Israel

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Around 80% of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have scabies amid overcrowding and inadequate treatment, the Palestinian Prisoner Society says.

Key Takeaways

• The Palestinian Prisoner Society estimates that scabies affects around 80% of Palestinian prisoners, including children, citing accounts from current and former detainees.
• Prisoners reported raids involving police dogs, rubber-coated bullets and severe beatings. Some prison sections were raided every two or three days.
• Women at Damon Prison reported itching so severe they could not sleep. The society said prison authorities attributed their symptoms to allergies, while tests after release confirmed scabies in former detainees.

Scabies Affects 80% of Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Prisons, PPS Says

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Hundreds rallied for Arab parties to join Israel’s next government as President Isaac Herzog chose Gadi Eisenkot to form it.

Key Takeaways

• Hundreds rallied in Tel Aviv and the Jezreel Valley on Saturday to demand a government that includes Arab parties and ends Benjamin Netanyahu’s rule.
• Factions representing 67 lawmakers recommended Gadi Eisenkot, including all 19 from the Joint List and Ra’am. The other factions backing him hold 48 seats, 13 short of a majority.
• Yair Golan said he was willing to work with ultra-Orthodox parties, while Avigdor Lieberman dropped his objection to their inclusion but continued to oppose bringing Arab parties into government.

Arab Parties Back Eisenkot as Israeli Opposition Remains Split over Coalition

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Palestinian church affairs officials urged churches worldwide to send aid and help protect Gaza’s places of worship after heavy rains.

Key Takeaways

• The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine appealed to churches worldwide for food, drinking water, medicines, tents and winter supplies.
• The committee said about 950,000 displaced Palestinians live in flood-prone areas, including more than 400,000 at high risk.
• Rainwater seeped into Gaza City’s historic Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church as the storm flooded some 70,000 tents across Gaza.

‘Prayer Must Be Accompanied by Action’: Palestinian Christians Appeal for Gaza

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran’s IRGC reported two tanker mine strikes near Hormuz, while the US said it disabled a ship in nearby waters.

Key Takeaways

• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said two oil tankers caught fire after striking mines, one inside the Strait of Hormuz and the other east of it.
• US Central Command said an American aircraft disabled the cargo ship Huda in the Gulf of Oman, accusing it of trying to breach the US naval blockade.
• The UAE said it rescued 22 people from a burning cargo ship, while Iran’s Fars News Agency reported explosions in Qeshm and Jask.

Iran Reports Two Tanker Mine Strikes as UAE Rescues 22 from Cargo Ship

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: A Palestinian nursing student died of wounds from an Israeli strike as sewage-contaminated floodwater forced displaced families from Gaza’s camps.

Key Takeaways

• Nursing student Basma Atef Al-Saksak died of injuries sustained when Israeli occupation forces bombed the University College of Applied Sciences in Gaza City.
• Rainwater mixed with sewage flooded displacement tents, forcing families to flee again and raising the risk of disease, Al Mayadeen reported.
• UNRWA said 1.98 million people urgently need shelter assistance and essential supplies, while 58% of Gaza’s population faces critical or catastrophic shelter needs.

Gaza Nursing Student Dies of Israeli Strike Wounds as Floods Displace Families

PALESTINE CHRONICLE:

We are tired and exhausted. We have no strength, no energy, and sometimes not even the desire to get out of bed. Yet we keep moving. We open our eyes in the morning, brush the dust from our faces after another sleepless night, search for water and food, check on the children, try to remember where we put the few things we have not yet lost, and then begin another day. It is different from the days that came before, but just as exhausting.

I do not know how we manage to do this. Perhaps we have become half human, half machine. The human half feels hunger, fear, longing, and disappointment, while the mechanical half takes over. It gets us up, moves our feet, and orders us to keep going even when the batteries are running low. We are no longer living as we once understood it. We are operating in emergency mode.

Sometimes I imagine we are an army returning from a long battle. The soldiers have lost their boots. Some have forgotten the names of their comrades, while others can no longer remember why the war began in the first place. They remind me of Napoleon’s soldiers wandering through the Russian snow. They had entered the country as a mighty army, only to emerge with exhausted bodies and shattered dreams.

Read the latest piece by Hani al-Salmy, reporting from war-torn Gaza.

A Cup of Tea After a Sleepless Night: What Strength Means in Gaza

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces possible impeachment, mounting White House doubts and congressional investigations following Republican election losses and Iran war backlash.

Key Takeaways

• White House officials are reportedly discussing Hegseth’s future following Republican midterm defeats, although President Donald Trump publicly insists he will not fire him.
• Republican Representative Thomas Massie has initiated impeachment proceedings over alleged misconduct involving the Iran war and US military strikes in the Caribbean.
• Democrats are preparing congressional investigations, while Republican lawmakers increasingly question Hegseth’s leadership and the administration’s strategy toward Iran.

Hegseth Fights for Political Survival as Iran War Fallout Threatens His Job

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Palestinian monitors documented 674 attacks on olive farmers and groves across the occupied West Bank during 37 days of harvest.

Key Takeaways

• The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission documented 520 attacks by illegal Jewish settlers and 154 by Israeli occupation forces from October 1 to November 6.
• Nablus, Ramallah and Al-Bireh, and Salfit accounted for nearly 73% of the attacks. Settlers shot and killed one Palestinian farmer during the harvest.
• The commission identified around 2,974 damaged olive trees and warned that repeated access restrictions and expanding settlement outposts threaten to displace farmers from their land.

West Bank Olive Harvest: 674 Attacks Documented, Nearly 3,000 Trees Damaged

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Ansarallah announced operations targeting Aramco and Riyadh’s airport after Sanaa health officials said Saudi strikes killed 27 people east of Sanaa.

Key Developments

• Ansarallah announced six operations targeting Saudi energy facilities, Riyadh’s international airport and military formations in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
• Sanaa’s Health Ministry said Saudi strikes killed 27 people and wounded 36 in Bani Hushaysh, where Civil Defense reported attacks on rescuers.
• Damascus denied reports it was sending troops to Yemen after AFP reported a plan for an initial deployment of about 3,000 soldiers.

Ansarallah Says It Targeted Aramco as Damascus Denies Sending Troops to Yemen

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Iran warned Washington of a “catastrophic” response to renewed war as Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called 12 counterparts on regional security.

Key Developments

• Iran’s security council secretary, Mohsen Rezaei, warned Washington of a “catastrophic” response if it starts another war.
• Abbas Araghchi spoke with 12 counterparts as Iran’s ambassador to Russia reiterated Tehran’s seven conditions for diplomacy with Washington.
• Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged US de-escalation, citing the war’s effects on trade and living costs.

Iran Warns of ‘Catastrophic’ Response to New US War as Araghchi Calls 12 Ministers

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Herzog chose Eisenkot to try forming Israel’s next government after Arab parties backed him.

Key Developments

• Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced his choice of Gadi Eisenkot on Saturday.
• Arab parties recommended Eisenkot despite his bloc’s refusal to join forces with them, leaving his path to a majority uncertain.
• Separately, the Joint List called attention to Gaza’s fourth winter of mass displacement after a storm flooded 70,000 tents.

Herzog Picks Eisenkot to Form Government After Arab Parties Back Netanyahu Rival